Improvement in washing-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OEFIoE.

GEORGE W. WAGEONER, OF SCOTLAND OOUNTY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ANDREW R.CUSHMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,093, dated May 20,1873; application filed February 19, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE W. WAGEONER, of Scotland county and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland complete description of its construction and operation, referen cebcin g had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification,in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation of the sash-frame. Fig. 3 is a top view of the wash-board.Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the roller I and washboard and rollerstherein.

Construction.

I take a wash-box, A, with legs B B B, and large corrugated roller I,placed across the box A at its center and within the box, as seen inFig. 1. I then construct a sash-frame of the several parts 0 G, D D, E,and J, and treadle F F F, and attach arms H H H to roller I, as seen inFig. 1; also, a wash-board frame, L L, rollers O O O, beveled boards PP, and rollers O O, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. I make springs ff andplace them on top of box A, and passing through under bar E betweenparts (3 O and D D of the sash-frame, Fig. 1. The wash-board is placedwithin the box A so as to bring the central roller 0 under the center ofroller I, and it is secured in place by bolts or screws passing throughthe ends of L L into the box A, so as to let the end under the roller Irise and fall. Wash-board L L, Fig. 3, is attached to the sash-frame G Oby inserting tenons N N, Fig. 2, in slots M M, Fig. 3, and passing abolt or pin through them. Treadle F is placed upon round K of box A,

Fig. 1, and round J of the sash-frame passes through it, as shown inFig. 1.

Operation.

The box A being partly filled with water, the fabrics to be washed arethen put in the box. By bearing the treadle F down the space between theroller I and the wash-board and rollers is opened to allow the fabricsto be washed to be passed between the roller I and wash-board androllers. The treadle being released, the springs f f hold the wash-boardand rollers up against the roller I, when the roller I is rotated, bymeans of arms H, back and forth until the operation of washing iscompleted.

The rollers O O are placed at the outer edge of beveled boards P P, asshown in Figs. 3 and 4, to prevent injury to the fabrics and frictionupon the beveled boards P P.

Disclaimer. I disclaim the use of the wash-box A, roller I, and smoothrollers O O 0, because the same have been used heretofore by others.

Claim.

Iclaim- V The combination and arrangement of the several parts, asfollows: Roller I, wash-board frame L L, rollers O O O, bevel boards PP, rollers O O, sash-frame O O, D D, and E,

treadle F, and springs f f, when constructed

